ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw, AH 342-372 / AD 953-983. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 4.54 g, 8 h), al-Basra, AH 371 = 981/2. ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-malik al-ʿādil / shāhānshāh / ʿAḍud al-Dawla / wa Tāj al-Milla / Abū Shujāʿ’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. The just king, king of kings, ʿAdud al-Dawla wa Taj al-Milla Abu Shujaʿ’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Baṣra sana iḥdā wa sabʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Basra in the year 371’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Taʾiʿ lillah (AH 363-381 / AD 974-991), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh / ʿalayh wa sallam / al-Ṭāʾiʿ lillāh’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. al-Taʾiʿ lillah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 1551. Rare. The flan somewhat wavy and with some scrapes and scratches, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.